Multiple Orbitoides d’Orbigny lineages in the Maastrichtian? Data from the Central Sakarya Basin (Turkey) and Arabian Platform successions (Southeastern Turkey and Oman)

Abstract The standard reconstruction of species of Orbitoides d’Orbigny into a single lineage during the late Santonian to the end of the Maastrichtian is based upon morphometric data from Western Europe. An irreversible increase in the size of the embryonic apparatus, and the formation of a greater...

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Main Authors: Ercan Özcan, Ali Osman Yücel, Rita Catanzariti, Sibel Kayğılı, Aral I. Okay, Michael D. Simmons, Johannes Pignatti, İftikhar Ahmed Abbasi, Ümitcan Erbil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-021-00219-x